Faculty of Medicine and Health: Recent submissions
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Evaluation of Project ECHO (Persistent Pain)
Published 2021Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) in partnership with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) and WorkSafe Victoria (‘WorkSafe’) implemented Project ECHO (Persistent Pain) Series 1 in February-June 2020 and ...Open AccessReport, Research -
Adenotonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children: The impact of timing of surgery and post-operative outcomes
Published 2022Aim To investigate the impact of adenotonsillectomy (ADT) and adenoidectomy (AD) on child health and evaluated their post-operative complications. Methods We included all children aged <16 years undergoing ADT ...Open AccessArticle -
Considerations for Evaluating the Introduction of New Cancer Screening Technology: Use of Interval Cancers to Assess Potential Benefits and Harms
Published 2022This framework focuses on the importance of the consideration of the downstream intermediate and long-term health outcomes when a change to a screening program is introduced. The authors present a methodology for utilising ...Open AccessArticle -
Decision Support Tools for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Do Not Meet Health Literacy Needs: A Systematic Environmental Scan and Evaluation
Published 2022A shared decision-making approach is considered optimal in primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. Evidence-based patient decision aids can facilitate this but do not always meet patients’ health literacy needs. ...Open AccessArticle -
Comparison of Readability Scores for Written Health Information Across Formulas Using Automated vs Manual Measures
Published 2022Assessing the readability of written health information is a common way to evaluate whether patients are likely to understand it.1 Readability is an objective measure that estimates a text’s equivalent school-grade reading ...Open AccessArticle, Letter